Hi, I’m Olga. I trained in Medicine in Barcelona, Spain, and moved to the UK in 1992 (shortly after the Olympics) with the plan of training in psychiatry. I spent quite a few years working in psychiatry (most recently forensic psychiatry), but on the way, I’ve studied a few other things (American Literature, Criminology). Early in 2014, I left psychiatry as a full-time occupation to explore other avenues, carry on writing and also translate other authors’ books. In Spring 2018, and after spending some itinerant years, I moved out of the UK back to Barcelona. In March 2020 (yes, right in the middle of the Coronavirus crisis) I completed the Cambridge Certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (CELTA), because it’s never too late to try new things. We shall see what the world has reserved for me.

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Thank you so much for the follow. You see, I do not write as often as I would like to but I will do my best. I usually do it in Spanish, once again, I will do my best to post in English.
Great posting! God Bless!!

Many thanks Christoph for thinking of me. I stopped accepting nominations months ago because I couldn’t find people to pass them on and at the moment I’m going to be moving around a fair bit so trying to sort out things. I’m sending you a message in Facebook in a while about having you as a guest. Many thanks!

Thanks Shelley. I make firm plans and promptly change them and end up somewhere else doing something else. I can see that you love your trips and have plenty of adventures to tell. I’ll keep up with my visits to your blog. And that’s another activity!

You are one very impressive sister blogger. I was delighted to see you pop up over the cyber horizon to pay my place a visit so I could in return come here to learn about you. Wishing you tons of success with your novels. Paulette p.s. I see we have the very generous and talented Christoph Fischer as friends in common.

Sometimes true inspiration comes from the moments when we think we’re wasting our time and we should be doing something more constructive. It’s good to sometimes go where our fancy takes us.Or that’s my excuse, anyway! 🙂

Thanks Smorgasbord. I don’t formally take part in blog awards as a few months back I got myself into a situation where I couldn’t find anybody who had the time to take part and pass them on, and now instead I do some posts about other blog…Must include you on my next one! Thanks for thinking of me!

Thanks Jo, especially for your kind words! I’d been thinking about bringing you as a guest author but you’ve beaten me to the post. (I would still like to have you…) I tend to avoid chain/type of posts but this one sounds interesting and I might take a chance to start talking about the book I’m editing now…
Many thanks!

I am pleased and honored to know you. I want to know if any of your books have been translated into Romanian. We will certainly keep in touch. Thank you for your message and for their willingness to know and professionally. Success.

Thanks Inese. I’m very fond of her too. I have ideas for a few books (hopefully full-sized novels but it depends where inspiration takes me) with her as protagonist, but have two projects that I hope to finish before (one very advanced, the other one will take a bit of time). Although usually my books tend to be written when they think it’s the right time, so one never knows….Love your blog. Might have to ask you for some ideas for covers… (I’m terrible with visual stuff!)

You’re right Jean. And you have a great blog. Thanks to Sally Cronin for sharing it. She always makes great discoveries. I’m always happy to have authors as guests and introduce their work so I’ll keep you in mind.

You’re an excellent writer, I started to read about your novel and the main characters, the intrigue, the course of action…they’re all fascinating. Thank you so much for following my blog, I’m honored that you read and like my posts. I feel happy and blessed to read your blog and to discover not only a great story, but also the beautiful person behind it.
Best regards,
Carissa

Thanks so much Carissa. I’m pleased you’ve enjoyed it and love to meet fellow bloggers and discover great content. Also good to meet so many great people. I’ll follow your posts with interest. Best of luck!

Thanks Jo! I’ll have a look (although it might be a while before I get round to anything…I have a few posts programmed and I’m doing NaNoWriMo in November, and I’ve been myself hoping all over the place so I don’t know any longer where my workspace is!)

Hi Olga, I was just going to tell you I’ve nominated you for an award, and then I saw you’re an award free zone. Never mind, the nomination as a very inspiring blogger still stands, and thank you for all your support.

Thanks Elaine for thinking of me. You’re one of my inspiring blogs too. I gave up on awards because I didn’t have much time. What I tend to do is share some blogs I’ve discovered every so often instead. As I’m doing the NaNoWriMo next month I’ll do one of those posts soon (and some reblogs).

Thanks Vashti. You’re a star! I’m a bit busy with NaNoWriMo this month and usually December is a bit of a funny time (also other things coming up) but how is your agenda looking for the New Year? Don’t worry if it’s not convenient. We can talk some more…And I have you on my ever growing list to feature in my Friday post some time soonish…:)

Oh being a consummate learner is the elixir of life, isn’t it? Each time I’ve changed direction I’ve found the new path to be so intriguing and delightful. Glad that I found your blog, hope to read more of your insights. The mind of a good writer is fascinating.

Hi Olga,
Thank you so much for visiting my blog. I just came across your post about Oscar Wilde’s fairytales and after reading about the giant, I have ordered a book with 6 of them and am looking forward to reading them myself and sharing them with my kids. Don’t know whether you checked out the section on my blog for Author Talks. LIving in Spain, I don’t know whether you would have come across a cartoonist, poet and legend Michael Leunig. I heard him at the Sydney Writer’s Festival and had the great fortune to catch the lift with him and actually talk with him.
I also found a great book called: The Rosie Project and the author, Graeme Simsion, very kindly did a dinner locally. I would have traveled to meet him.
I am very fond and proud of our Australian authors.
xx Rowena

Thanks Rowena. I’m pleased you enjoyed the post and I’m sure you’ll like the fairy tales (they are wonderful). I’ve lived in the UK for over 20 years although in recent times due to family issues I’ve been spending a fair amount of time in Barcelona, although I’m not familiar with many Australian writers (I studied American Literature so I guess I’m more familiar with American and English authors) but I’ll check the authors you mention. It’s always tricky to try and keep up with all the reading but I can’t resist trying to find new blogs…Have a great New Year.

Thanks so much Shimon. Somehow I think you’d like ‘The Man Who Never Was’. It takes a somewhat whimsical view of things and has very quirky characters. I had written ‘Family, Lust and Cameras’ years back but finally decided to update it as it seemed quite relevant today. I have a few stories hiding inside drawers that might never see the light of day, but I guess we all do. I love your posts. Such a refreshing and honest view of things.

Thanks Shimon. I left you a reply there. In real life things don’t tend to be clear cut and sometimes my characters have a tendency to be a little bit less straight forward than they appear at first. I really love some of my characters but not all…

I love that you mostly publish in both Spanish and English. Unfortunately I don’t speak Spanish so I appreciate your efforts. I have just been nominated for the ‘Amazing Blogger Award’ and in turn would like to nominate you for your wonderful blog site. You can get further details from the post I’ll be publishing later this evening. It’s entirely your choice whether you accept this award or not.

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I am a writer and bookworm who worked for many years as a forensic psychiatrist, and also have a Ph.D. in American Literature, and an MSc in Criminology. I started publishing my stories, in English and Spanish, in 2012 and now have over twenty books available in a variety of genres, a blog (in English and Spanish), and translate books for other authors (English-Spanish and vice versa). Writers and readers both in English and Spanish are my friends, colleagues and allies, and after living in the UK for over twenty-five years, have returned home, to Barcelona, in Spain, searching for inspiration for my stories. Oh, I also love the radio (I volunteer at a local radio station, Sants 3 Ràdio) and all things owl.
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